Captain who used a cannon for a side arm?

major bill

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Most officers seemed to prefer a pistol and a sword. This captain seems to have opted for something with a bit more punch.
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Would this be carried in a hostler? This is part of an image of Captain John Laughlin of Company A, 104th Pennsylvania. The small cannon appears to be a model of a siege gun. I wounder if it was a functional model? If so, I doubt if Company A needed a bugle to wake then up in the morning.
 
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